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Clearly, the indictment is just a beginning for Garzón, who gained global fame when he sought the extradition in 1998 of Chilean ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte for crimes against humanity. In theory, Garzón can take his time on this case: Spain?s strong antiterrorism laws allow the eight to be held without trial for two years, with a possible extension of another two. In practice, though, the pressure is on to fill in the details of how the Abu Dahdah cell?s activities fit into al-Qaeda?s global designs...
...most bizarre media moment of the week was not Washington's tapping as its propaganda chief an advertising executive famous for selling Head and Shoulders shampoo and Uncle Ben's rice. No, that distinction would surely go to reports that Chilean businessman Eduardo Mateluna plans to launch a line of soaps and air fresheners called, simply, "Osama." Explained Mateluna, who has previously marketed wines named after General Augusto Pinochet, "It's a name that people already know...
...beholden to doing things on someone else's terms." That's how Linda Rottenberg explains turning down an enviable $450,000 grant last March from the government of Chile to her nonprofit organization, Endeavor. Like most government gifts, it came packaged in red tape. At the time, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos--and no doubt many of Rottenberg's fellow nonprofiteers--had two printable words for her: "You're crazy...
...idea has taken flight among established Latin American firms. Philanthropy in the region has historically been limited to the Catholic Church and strings-attached government handouts. But since Rottenberg's much publicized rejection of the Chilean-government donation, the private sector is clamoring to offer support. Since Sept. 11, while the group's U.S. donations have ebbed, Latin American corporate leaders have kicked in $3 million. Nothing crazy about that...
...Like the earlier attempts to prosecute former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet, the Milosevic trial further erodes a time-honored tradition of peacefully easing dictators out of power by offering them comfortable retirement on the French Riviera. Would Pinochet or Haiti's "Baby Doc" Duvalier have handed over power if all they had to look forward to was court and prison? Unlikely. But advocates of justice-without-borders and geopolitical imperatives counter by asking whether the prospect of trial and punishment might not have restrained their behavior while in power. As complicated as the precedent set by Milosevic's trial...